Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 120

Śāṇḍilī–Sumanā-saṃvāda: Sat-strī-samudācāra and Pati-dharma

Conduct of the Virtuous Wife

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि मैत्रेयभिक्षायां विंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi maitreya-bhikṣāyāṃ viṃśaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Kaya nga, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Anuśāsana Parva, sa bahaging tumatalakay sa dharma ng pagbibigay (dāna), sa salaysay hinggil sa paghingi ng limos ni Maitreya, nagwawakas ang ika-isang daan at ikadalawampung kabanata.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quotation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dāna-dharma section
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मैत्रेयभिक्षायाम्: in (the episode of) Maitreya's alms-request
• मैत्रेयभिक्षायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैत्रेयभिक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• विंशति: twenty
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंशति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma (section)
• Maitreya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter situated in the discourse on dāna-dharma (the ethics and duty of giving). Its ethical frame highlights that the surrounding material treats charity as a regulated moral practice within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not advancing the story here; it is formally concluding a chapter: it locates the chapter within Anuśāsana Parva, within the dāna-dharma section, and identifies the topical setting as the episode connected with Maitreya’s alms.